Chicago shooting: Woman killed, man wounded in Avalon Park

Tuesday, November 16, 2021
CHICAGO (WLS) -- A woman was killed and a man wounded in a shooting in the Avalon Park neighborhood Tuesday morning, Chicago police said.

The victims were driving south in the 8300-block of South Stony Island Drive at about 11:09 a.m. when an SUV, possibly a Dodge Durango, approached from behind.
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Police said someone inside the Durango opened fire, hitting a 30-year-old woman in the shoulder and back and a 34-year-old man in the abdomen.

The victims drove to Jackson Park Hospital, where the woman was pronounced dead, police said. Authorities have not released her identity.
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The man was transported to the University of Chicago Medical Center in serious but stable condition, police said.

Area Two detectives are investigating. No one is in custody.
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